State Dept cable 1973-92764

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ACTION AF-18

INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 ADP-00 MC-02 AID-20 IGA-02 CIAE-00

DODE-OO PM-09 H-02 INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC- 10 PA-03

RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-15 USIA-12 RSR-01 IO-12 /147 W

126937

R 071430 Z MAY 73
FM AMEMBASSY BLANTYRE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6148
INFO AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMCONSUL LOURENCO MARQUES
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE BLANTYRE 675

E. O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PBOR, MI

SUB J : REPORTED CLASH BETWEEN PORTUGUESE AND MALAWI FORCES
REF: BLANTYRE 667
CAPE TOWN FOR EMBASSY

1. MALAWI NEWS AGENCY ( MANA) MAY 7 FLATLY DENIED REPORTS
THAT ANY MALAWI OR PORTUGUESE FORCES HAD ENGAGED IN FORNTIER
CLASHES AS ALLEGED BY FOREIGN PRESS AGENCIES ( REFTEL) .
SPOKESMAN FOR OFFICE OF PRESIDENT CATEGORICALLY DENIED
REPORTS AND DESCRIBED THEM INTER ALIA AS " MALICIOUS, ILL-
INTENTIONED, LIES.' 1 " GROSS IRRESPONSIBILITY" OF NEWS MEDIA
ESPECIALLY SINGLED OUT. MANA RELEASE CONCLUDED THAT " NOT A
SINGLE MEMBER" OF MALAWI ARMY OR POLICE HAD BEEN INVOLVED
IN SO MUCH AS SKIRMISH WITH ANY MEMBER PORTUGUESE ARMY OR
POLICE.

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2. DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES IN BLANTYRE UNAWARE OF ANY EVIDENCE
THAT ANY SUCH CLASH, EVEN PORTUGUESE/ FRELIMO, TOOK PLACE.
MINISTER OF STATE A. A. MUWALO NQUMAYO, IN CONVERSATION
WITH AMBASSADOR TODAY REAFFIRMED GOM DENIAL AND ALSO SAID
HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE/ FRELIMO CLASH ON MALAWI
BORDER.

3. FRENCH CHARGE INFORMED US THAT AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE GOT
STORY FROM SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS AGENCY ( SAPA) WHICH REPORTEDLY
GOT STORY FROM STRIND, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A SUBSTI
TUTE FOR GREATER PATROL ACTIVITY.

3. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHILE CURRENT SAR RESOURCES
CAN BE DIVERTED TO INVESTIGATE INTELLIGENCE LEAS ON MILITANT
ACTIVITIES, THE SAR MISSION TAKES PRECEDENCE AND SUCH DIVER-
SIONS ARE ON A NOT TO INTERFERE” BASIS. THE FOLLOWING INCI-
DENTS INDICATE TO US THAT THIS ” SAR PLUS" POSTURE AND THE
FLORIDA KEYS AND REEF LINE PATROLS ARE INADEQUATE TO OUR
FOREIGN RELATIONS OBJECTIVES IN THE BAHAMAS.

A. THE RESCUE EPISODE OF JULY 13-23, 1972 ( REPORTED NASSAU
739, JULY 28, 1972);

B. THE ANTI- CUBAN MILITANT ATTACK OF OCTOBER 13, 1972 (RE-
PORTED NASSAU 1033, OCTOBER 16, 1972);

C. A SECOND ANTI- CUBAN MILITANT ATTACK OF JANUARY 28, 1973
( STATE 19490, FEBRUARY 1, 1973).

IN ADDITION, IN THE US- BAHAMIAN FISHERIES DISPUTE WE HAVE
BEEN " BLIND" ON FISHERIES ACTIVITIES IN THESE WATERS SINCE
THE LAST CCGDSEVEN " DAILY SIGHTING SUMMARY" OF JUNE 5, 1972
AND FREQUENTLY ONLY LEARN OF US- BAHAMIAN F / V CLASHES AFTER
THEY OCCUR.

4. A SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVE WHICH WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER
THE GOBI IN THE FORTHCOMING MILITARY BASE TALKS IS THE CON-
TINUING SECURITY AFFORDED BY COGARD PATROLS VS. MILITANT
ACTIVITY, BUT THE ANTI- CUBAN CLASHES IN THE BAHAMAS AREA
NOTED ABOVE UNDERCUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS OFFER.

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5. WE CURRENTLY SEEM TO BE FACED WITH ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES
AT EITHER END OF THE SPECTRUM: THE PRESENT " SAR PLUS" POS-
TURE, WHICH IS INADEQUATE TO OUR POLICY REQUIREMENTS HERE; OR
A " MARKET TIME" OR BARRIR PATROL APPROACH ( OF THE TYPE DES-
CRIBED IN ATP- 1( A), VOL. 1) FOR WHICHTHE RESOURCES ARE CLEARLY
NOT AVAILABLE. WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS SOME INTERMEDIATE
ALTERNATIVE BASED ON THE COAST GUARD' S BEST PROFESSIONAL
JUDGMENT AS TO THE NUMBER, FREQUENCY AND TYPE OF PATROLS WHICH

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WILL ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE MOST ECONOMICALLY.

6. FOR THE SHORT- TERM, RESOURCES WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO COME
FROM A REORDERING OF COGARD PRIORITIES TO GIVE GREATER EMPHA-
SIS TO CCGDSEVEN. FOR THE LONGER- TERM, WE SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SUPPORT COGARD' S REQUESTS TO OMB WITH FOREIGN POLICY JUS-
TIFICATIONS.

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Status: <DBA CORRECTED> mcm 97121 1

Subject: REPORTED CLASH BETWEEN PORTUGUESE AND MALAWI FORCES

TAGS: PBOR, Ml, PBOR

To: AF

CAPE TOWN

DAR ES SALAAM

LISBON

LONDON

LOURENCO MARQUES
LUSAKA

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PRETORIA
SECSTATE WASHDC
Type: TE

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